Kaiurungi Matua
2 weeks ago
He pūkenga, he hiahia nōu ki te mahi a te Kaiurungi Matua? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.
- Fulltime at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- Continuing (ie. permanent) role
What You Will Do
**The role of the Kaiurungi Matua is to lead the team to support ākonga Māori. This includes delivering successful pre-assessment and transition of students into first year tertiary study with a particular focus on year one undergraduate completion and retention, through to postgraduate study pathways. This position is also responsible for leading ākonga engagement initiatives that enhance the ākonga Māori experience to optimise their personal, social, cultural and academic success.
As Kaiurungi Matua, within Kā Waimaero | UC Māori team, this role will support the Pou Whakarae, Te Amokapua Maori Tuarua, and Kaiārahi Māori to develop and lead the implementation of the Māori student recruitment and retention strategy and operational plan.
The Kaiurungi Matua will lead and support UC's strategic intent to contribute to Māori and Indigenous development regionally, nationally and internationally and will support UC's commitment to develop graduating students who demonstrate bicultural and intercultural competence and confidence, to live and work in a bicultural Aotearoa and multicultural world.
Who You Are
To be successful in this role you will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to engage successfully with a wide range of UC staff, diverse ākonga Māori, whānau, and other Māori community members including kura, iwi, rūnanga and organisations
You will also have:
- Demonstrated mentoring capability and experience implementing and leading change.
- Substantial experience working with students or customers from diverse backgrounds particularly Maori students, families, and communities.
- Evidencebased understanding of the academic, social, and cultural needs of ākonga Māori
- A commitment to enhancing bicultural competence and confidence
- A recognition of Te Ao Ngāi Tūāhuriri values, tikanga (processes), kawa (rules) of cultural practice and traditions and valuing Te Reo Māori
Who You Will Work With
The role of Kā Waimaero| UC Māori is to help the University in general and in particular in supporting a learning environment which recognises and promotes New Zealand's unique bicultural society.
Te Rautaki Māori, UC's Strategy for Māori Development is one of the key initiatives of our UC Futures Programme with a vision to become a vibrant contributor to indigenous knowledge economies regionally, nationally and internationally.
We are committed to developing graduates and staff that can live and work in a bicultural Aotearoa and a multi-cultural world as well as delivering leading edge Māori student recruitment, retention and achievement strategies.
Why UC
Tangata Tū, Tangata Ora - Engaged, Empowered, Making a Difference.
The University of Canterbury is committed to accessible higher education, service to community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity.
The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.
For information about the range of fantastic benefits that UC offers including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisionsThe University of Canterbury is an Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) employer and we encourage diversity in our staffing profile.
The University of Canterbury actively seeks to meet its obligation under the Treaty of Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The closing date for this position is: 8 June 2023 (midnight, NZ time)
How You Apply
Job Details:
- Reference #
25 May 2023- Closes on
08 Jun :55- Location(s)
Christchurch- Expertise
Administration, Communications, Education & Training, Finance, Human Resources, Project Management, Te Ao Māori- Job level(s)
Experienced, Management- Work type(s)
Continuing (Permanent) full-time
